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Exploring the pH dependence of viologen reduction by alpha-carbon radicals derived from HCy and Cys.

ABSTRACT: The colorimetric reaction of homocysteine (HCy) with a series of viologen salts suggests a linear correlation between the mid-point reduction potential of Hcy-derived alpha-carbon radicals and pH.

SUBMITTER: Wang D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2836887 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exploring the pH dependence of viologen reduction by alpha-carbon radicals derived from HCy and Cys.

Wang Dong D Crowe William E WE Strongin Robert M RM Sibrian-Vazquez Martha M

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20090303 14

The colorimetric reaction of homocysteine (HCy) with a series of viologen salts suggests a linear correlation between the mid-point reduction potential of Hcy-derived alpha-carbon radicals and pH. ...[more]

PMID: 19319431

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